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L. GIRBARDT. Reversible Hat and other Head Covering.

No. 225,120. PafemedJylar. 2,1880

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llnrrs @rares LEONHARD GIRBARDT, 0F NEW YORK, N.' Y.

REVERSIBLE HAT AND OTHER HEAD-COVERING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,120, dated March 2,11880.

Application iiled January 28, 1880.

To all whom 'it may concern:

of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Head-Governi gs, which impro\'eincntis fully setforth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l shows a hat in perspectiveview embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of aportion thereof on a larger scale than in the previous figure.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

My invention applies to hats or caps either of cloth or other materialand it consists in the combination of a band adapted to the head and aflexible crown attached to the inner sur face of such band between itsupper and lower edges, so that the crown is reversible, while thearticle is practically adapted to be worn in either position of thecrown by means of the head-band. `With the head-band and reversiblecrown is combined a hat-brim, which is attached to the outer surface ot'the head band, between its edges, by means of a skirt-,-

so that the brim may be moved to either edge of the head-band, and thustakes the proper position relatively to the crown.

In the drawings, the letter A designates the band, B the crown, and Cthe brim.

The band A is made to lit the head of the wearer, and it embodies asweat-leather, d, which extends from the upper to the lower edgethereof.

rlhe crown P is directly attached to the iuner surface of the head-bandA, between its upper and lower edges, by stitching or other suitablemeans, as at c, and it .is inished on both sides.

I usually make the crown B of two pieces of cloth having differentcolors 5 but it may be made of a single piece of material, or dilfer entkinds of material may be combined-as, for example, a glazed material andcloth, or

, y .y fur andploth-the materials used being, how- Be it known that I,LEONHARD Grmisnmo'r;`

e'ie'r, mesery ease ot' such a nature as to render the crown soft orilexible.

The brim C is fitted on the head-band A, and is attached to the outersurface thereof by means of a skirt, j', which is ot' a height equal toonchalt` the distance between the upper and lower edges of thehead-band, and whose connection with the band is midway, or nearly so,between its edges.

I prefer to cover the brim (l with a material or materials correspondingto the crown.

By the peculiar attachment of the crown B to the baud A the crown isadapted. to be reversed at will, while a portion of the band is alwaysleft free below the crown to take its place upon the head. brim G to bemoved or shifted to either edge of the headband A, to accord with theposition ot' the crown B and give the whole the form or character of ahat.

If it is desired to obtain a cap, the hat-brim G is omitted or a visoris substituted therefor.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by. ,LettersPatena is- 1. fh'ecombination ot' a band adapted to thc head and a crown attached to theinner surface of such band between its upper and lower edges,sul'istantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination oi' a band adapted to the head, a reversible crownattached to the inner surface of such band between its edges, and ahat-brim attached to the outer surface of the band by means of a skirt,allowing the same to be moved to either edge of the band, substantiallyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 23d day of January, 1880.

LEONI-IARD GIRBARD'I.

Witnesses:

E. F. KAsrENHUBEn, GHAs. WAHLERS.

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